When I was a young man I observed that nine out of every ten things I did were failures. I didn't want to be a failure. So I did ten times more work.
Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith Mohler, 1994.
-- George Bernard Shaw, (Jul 26 1856-1950), Irish dramatist, critic; He is generally recognized as the best dramatist since Shakespeare; promoted social reform with drama of ideas.